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Quick Navigation Download the Offline BundleUpload the Offline Bundle to a DatastoreUpgrade ESXi via CLI using the Offline Bundle There are times when you’ll need to do a manual update on your hosts. Depending on how your environment is setup, you may need to plan out the best steps to do a ESXi version upgrade […]

Quick Navigation Plug In Your DrivesBooting Up The NUCInstalling ESXi 6.5Configuring ESXi 6.5 Host Now that we’ve created our install media in Part 1, we can move on to installing ESXi on the 8GB USB boot drive.Plug In Your DrivesMake sure you plug in both drives into your NUC. I’ll plug in the ESXi installer into […]

Quick Navigation Things I’ll needBuild the ISOCreate A Bootable USB Ok so first things first! Since I have all the hardware components I can start to put together this lab. I’ve already installed the memory into the NUCs and now I need the installation media to install and configure the ESXi 6.5 boot drive.Things I’ll needI’ll […]